B.S., Physics, 1993
Victor Tong, who was born in 1971 in Kunming, Yunnan, moved to Hong Kong with his family when he was six years old. In 1988, he came to the U.S. and attended Lake Hamilton High School as an exchange student before he enrolled in the University of Minnesota in 1989. Tong won the Student Commencement Speaker Award and graduated with honors with a bachelor of science in physics in 1993.
He started the company Talent Information Management, the predecessor of Webplus, in 1994. In 1997 he sold the GoWeb department of the company and was recognized as the youngest "City Business 40 Under 40" in Minnesota. He has invested in a several companies in the USA and China over the past decade. His Chinese book “Angel Investment” was published in April 2012 as the first practical guide to startup and investment in China.
Tong serves as the founding partner and chief executive officer at Webplus. He was recognized as one of the 25 people to watch in the 2008 “Global Gaming Magazine,” as well as one of the Top Ten New Angel Investors in China by “The Founder” magazine in 2012.
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唐滔,1971年出生于云南省昆明市。6岁时随父母移居香港。1988年中学毕业的唐滔作为一名高中交换生来到美国,并在次年入读明尼苏达大学。1993年,他以优异的成绩获得该校物理学理学士学位,并有幸获得在毕业典礼上发言的殊荣。
1994年,大学毕业的唐滔创办了网佳创投(webplus)的前身:大利资信管理公司(TIM) 。1997年,唐滔成功出售TIM的GoWeb 网络顾问部门, 并成为明尼苏达州未来商业和社区领导者“City Business 40 Under 40”最年轻获奖者。1999年,太平洋网(PacificNet) 从TIM分拆后于2000年在美国纳斯达克上市 。唐滔在2008年前担任太平洋网的总裁。在过去10年里。他在中国和美国投资了数十个涉及互联网和移动互联网、电子商务、网络游戏、社区网站、博彩/彩票、外包服务和美国医疗保险等的公司。唐滔于2012年出版的自己的第一本书:《天使投资》。该书是中国国内首部天使投资的实战手册,堪称创业者的第一本书,打造创业者与天使投资人沟通的最佳桥梁。
唐滔如今担任网佳创投的创始合伙人和首席执行官。 他不仅被《创业家》杂志评选为十大新锐天使之一,同时也被《全球博彩》杂志评为最受关注的25位业界精英之一。